West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-11-03


| SOU eaten away by n maleyolent spirit.
nave IN time OF religious awakening had per
sons night after night come into the inquiry
room and get no peace OF soul. After a
while l have hluntIy asked her: ais there
not some ono against whom you have a
hotred That you are not willing 10 give up1r
AFTER little confusion she has slightly
whispered: Yes" Then said to her; EYoIi
will never find peace with God as long ms
| you retain that virulencc."
a boy IN Sparta, having stolen fox, kept
MN under his coat, and, though the fox was
gnawing his vitals, no submitted 10 il rather
than expose ms misdeed. Many man with
smiling face has under his jacket an ami
mostly that IS gnawing away the strength OF
his body and the integrity OF his soul Better
| get rid OF that hidden fox as soon as possible
There are hundreds of domestic circles where
that which most Is needed is the spirit OF for
| giveness Brothers apart and sisters apart
and parents and children apart. Solomon
says brother Offended Is harder 20 be won
than strong city. Arc there not enough
| sacred memories OF your childhood f. bring
you together The rabbins recount how that
| Nebuchadnezzars son had such spite
| against his father that after he was
! dead he hal his father burned to
| ashes and then put the ashes into
! necks which flew away in opposite directions
| And there are now domestic antipathies
| which seem forever TO have scattered all
I parental memories 20 the four winds of
/
| sacred ashes! The hour of SHUTDOWN makes to
! that family impractical suggestion. Thomas
! Carlyle, in his biography of Frederick the
Great, says the old king was told by the con-
| lessor he must be at peace with his enemies III
he wanted TO enter heaven. Then he said To
| his wife, the Queen: write to your brother
after l am dead that forgive him. Roof.
the confessor, said: Her majesty had better
| write him Immediately" 'No,n said the
King, "after am dead; that will be safer
| So he let the sun of his earthly existence 90
down upon his wrath.
Again: We ought not 20 allow the sun TO set
before forgiveness takes place, because we
might not live TO see another day. And what
II we should DO ushered into tho presence of
our Maker with a grudge upon our souls The
majority OF people depart this life i'm the
night Between ii o'clock p. IN. and o'clock
a m. there is something in the atmosphere
which relaxes the grip which the body has on
the soul, and most people enter the next
world through the shadows of this world
Perhaps God may have arranged IL in
that way so as TO make the con-
trast the more glorious. / have seen
sunshiny days in this world that must have
been almost like the radiance of heaven. But
as most people leave the earth between sun
! down and sunrise, they quit this world at its
darkest, and heaven, always bright, will be
the brighter for that contrast. Out of black
ness naturalization. Shall we then leap over
the roseate bank Of sunset into the favorite
hunting ground OF disease aud death carry
ing our animositi with usl Who would
want to confront his Col, against whom we
have all done meaner things than ANYBODY
mas ever done against us, carving old
grudgeSi How can we expect his forgive
ness for the greater when we are
not willing to forgive others the lessl
Napoleon was encouraged TO Undertake 1 he
crossing of the Alps because Carlbmagne
had previously crossed them. And all this
rugged path of forgiveness bears tho bleeding
footsteps OF him who conquered through
suffering, and we ought to be willing to fol-
low. On the night of our departure from
TINS lie into the next, our one plea VIII have
10 Dc Tor mercy, and it viii have to be
offered i'm the presence of him who has
said; IF you forgive not men their tres
passes neither will your heavenly Father for
give your trespasses." What a sorry plight
II we stand there hating this one. and hating
that one, and wishing this one damage and
some one else n calamity, and we ourselves
needing forgiveness for ten thousand times ten
thousand obliquites of heart and life. When
our last hour comes, we want it TO find us all
right. Hardly anything affects me so much
In the uncoyerng OF ancient Fompeii as the
account of the soldier who, after the CITY had
Tor many centuries been covered with the
ashes and scoriB of Veslvius was found
standing in his place on guard, hand on spear
snd hemlet on head. Others fed at the awful
encouragement, but the explorer, l 200 wears
AFTER, found the body of that brave fellow in
Iilight position. And 1T will be n grand thing
II, when our last moment comes, we are
FOUND IN right position toward the world, ms
well as in right, position toward God. on
guard and unatfrighted by the ashes from the
mountain OF death. do not suppose that l
am any more of a coward then most people
but declare to you that L would not dare to
sleep tonight If there were any being in all
the earth with whom ] would not gladly
snake hands lest during tho night hours,
my sou! dismissed to other realms L should
| because Of my unforgiving spirit, be- denied
divine forgiveness
But" says some woman, ''thero Is hor-
rid creature that has so injured me that rather
than make up with her I would die first
Wen sister, you may take your Choice
Tor one or the other e will be-your com.
plete pardon Of her or Gods eternal Danish
ment OF you. But" says some man
'tb1t fellow who cheated me ont of tbosa
goods, or damaged my business credit on
started the lie about me in the newspapers
or by his per1idy broke up my domes
tio happiness, forgive him ] cannot-for-
give min | will not Well brother takn
your choice. You win never he at peace
with Tod TIL you are at peace with man
feelng as you now do, you would not get so
near the harbor Of heaven as 20 see the light
snip. Better leave that man with the Col vvbo
S9ld; Vengeance is mine, ] will repay. 50
on may say: II will make him sweat for
that yet, will make him sunrm / moan 70
pursue nun 70 the death but you are dam.
aB.hg yonrseH more than YOU damage him
ana you are making heaven for your own
soul an impossibnity. II he win not be-
reconciled to you, be reconciled 20 him. In
I'VE or SIX hours ~ Will be shutdown The
dahiias will soon bloom against the western
SKY. Somewhere between this aud that take a
shovel and bury the old grudge at least six
feet deep. "Let not the sun 20 down on your
wrath =
But" you say, 81 have more than can
Dar' 700 much IS put upon me, and am not
70 blame II am somewhat revengeiul and
unfelenting' Then think Of the little child
az the moving Of some goods from a store
Inc iatner was putting some rolls of goods
on tne childs arm, package after package,
ana some one said: THAT child IS being over
loaded ana 80 much oughtnOt 20 be put upon
hcr,' when tho child responded. "Fathcr
Knows how much can carrym and God, our
Father, will not allow too much imposition
ON his children. in the day OF eternity il
VIII be found you had not one annoyance too
many not one aspersiou too many, not ono
outrage too many Your heavenly Father
KNOWS how much you can carry.
Again we ought not TO allow the pasvage
or the sunset hour before the dismissal Of an
our hHronts because we may associate tho
snpiime-t action OF Che soul with the sublim-
e'tspect1cie in nature. 10 is q most delight
some tmng 70 have our personal experiences
allied with certain Oh .o.tg There rs a tree
on river bank where God first answered your
prayer 1Ou wiz never pass that place or
think OF that place without thinking Of The
glorious communion. There was some uats
on some room, or some garden walk where
you were aifanced with the COMPANION
VINO has been your chief Joy I'm life
y ou never speak of that place but with n
spliI' some Of you have pleasant memories
toIneetet with tho evening star. or the moon
lu us fifs quarter. or with fha erfurieo D..